Louise Cooke
Louise joined Loughborough University in 2006 as Lecturer in Information and Knowledge Management, having previously worked as Lecturer in the Department of Information Science at City University, London. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010, and to Reader in 2016.
She has extensive practitioner experience in the fields of academic librarianship and educational development. She gained a BA (Hons) in Library Studies with European Studies as subsidiary subject at Loughborough University in 1976, an MA in Library & Information Studies at the University of Central England (now Birmingham City University in 1997, and a PhD in Information Science at Loughborough University in 2004. Her PhD thesis investigated the impact on freedom of expression of measures taken to regulate internet access and content. She is a Chartered Member of CILIP and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She has successfully gained research funding from a range of public and private sector organisations, including the UK Research Councils, the JISC and Leicestershire Police. She was Principal Investigator on the £202,000 Arts & Humanities Research Council funded MAIPLE project, which investigated measures taken by public libraries in the UK to manage public access to the Internet.
Louise’s current administrative role is Head of Discipline for the Information Management Group. She is currently leads UG and PG modules in Information and Knowledge Management and Social Network Analysis. She was also joint-winner (with Tom Jackson and Leicestershire Police) of the Loughborough University Enterprise Awards 2012, Knowledge Transfer Category.